nudges 05/02/07

I am so happy and very grateful for:

1) Better living through pharmaceuticals. A throat thing had me down for the count, but thanks to some inexpensive drugs that were available because I have health insurance, I am back on the mend;

2) An automobile repair place just up the street from where I live. Convenience can be a beautiful thing;

3) Reconnecting with music that gets me out of my chair to dance, still, twenty-something years later;

4) Guava body butter. Oh. my. god.....;

5) Knowing that saying "No, thanks" is always an option. I can hear the universe reshuffling its cards as it downshifts to accommodate my clarifying;

6) Having former department mates who keep inviting you to things after you are gone;

7) Loving my life, just the way it is, in all its perfect imperfection;

8) Oprah putting good news on the airwaves, in total and stark contrast to what's available anywhere else. Granted, she has her share of sensationalist guests, but what I saw today reminded me of what witnessing the good that can come out of tragedy and difficulty and bewilderment can do for the human mind/body/spirit and the effect that has on each of us;

9) How much difference a year can make. Cheers.